Ambala: Family members of Major Yogesh Gupta, who sacrificed his life while fighting terrorists in Surankot in Jammu and Kashmir in July, 2002, have decided to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court if no gallantry award and a road or a chowk is announced after the martyr.

Ambala: Family members of Major Yogesh Gupta, who sacrificed his life while fighting terrorists in Surankot in Jammu and Kashmir in July, 2002, have decided to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court if no gallantry award and a road or a chowk is announced after the martyr.

Ved Prakash Gupta, farther of the martyr, says, “No gallantry award has been announced for Yogesh though he killed four dreaded terrorists before sacrificing his life. My wife, who struggled for nearly 15 years to keep the name of Yogesh alive in public memory, died on June 13 with her earnest desire unfulfilled. We feel dejected when a gallantry award is presented to the next of kin of other martyrs while Yogesh has been given none”.

“We have written numerous letters to the GOC in Ambala, the President, the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Defence, local administration, state officials and the MLA over the last 15 years, but to no avail”, he adds.